Improved mode op attaching trimmings to articles of dress



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LIAM SPARKS THOMSON,

Letters Patent No. 95,525, dated October 5, 1869.`

IMPROVED MODE' OI' ATTCHING- TRIMMING-S TO ARTICLES OF DRESS.

'l'he Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part o! the same.

To all whom it may conce/rn:

Be it known that I, J ons* SIMS, of Liverpool Road, in the county of Middlesex, England, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Manufacture and Mode of Applying Ornaments to Woven and Felted Fabrics; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will en'able others skilled in lthe art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in

l which- Figure l represents a face view of -a fabric ornamented according to my improved method.

Figure 2 is a sectional view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention has for its object to decorate garments and fabrics with applied ornaments that will adhere firmly to, and forln, as it were, part of the fabric to which the ornaments are applied. heretofore attempts have be'en made to decorate garments, and piece goods .with applied ornaments, in contradistinction to ornaments woven in, or printed, or embroidered upon the goods, but the result has been that such applied ornaments would peel or strip off, or if well attached, would form stiff patches or protruding masses, not at all consistentv with the idea of a flowing garment or flexible fabric.

To provide against these defects, is the object of the present improvement. The ornaments which I design to apply will take. either the form of trimmings or continuous patterns, or of isolated ,patterns or de- Yices, and I propose to form them of woven fabrics of various colors and characters, as taste and circumstances may dictate, and to use in their fabrication either one such fabric, or'two or more of them combined, as may be desired.

The invent-ion for which I seek a patent, is a 'process by which ornamental' trimmings may be economically applied to various articles in general use, and this process consists- First, in uniting to the back of one or more ornamental fabrics, 'a thin sheet of" gotta-porcina, by pressure under a damp heat.

Second, iu cutting the compound thus formed into fancy-shaped pieces.

Third, in arranging these pieces -in their proper relation on the garment, and fixing them thereto, by pressure under dry heat.

I will now proceed -to describe the .means which I consider best, andpretcrably employ,vto carry out my process.

A, in the drawings, represents a garment which is to be provided with ornamental trimming.

o is a fabric of silk, united to a thin sheet of guttepercha, the compound having been cut into a diamondform.

b is a fabric of velvet, united to a sheet of the same substance, and the compound cut into strips for Abordering. A

The silk compound a is now applied to the garment A, and united thereto by the'simultaneons application of pressure and dry heat. -The velvet strip b is also united to the garment A in the same manner, and its inner edges are made to coincidewith the outcr'edgcs of the diamond-pieces.

In carrying out this invention, it is essential to use a damp heat for effecting the adhesion of the guttapercha to the silk or other ornamental fabric, and to this lcud I find it desirable t0-employ pressing-boxes, covered with flannel, or other good absorbent-of water, and heated internally. by steam, which admits of a uniform heat being obtained. The flannel covering being kept moist by water-,a damp heat, at a uniform temperature, will be easily maintained. he box will be pressed by hand, or otherwise, upon the overlyingl gutta-percha, the pressure being light, and but shortly sustained.

This treatment will canse the gntta-percha to become tacky, and adhere to the sill, or other ornnmental fabric withont melting, the effect of which, if allowed to take place, wopld be that itwonld run through and injure the face of the coated fabric.

Dies, punches, or embossing-rollers may be used, if desired, tn forml the trimming ont of the compound fabric, but hitherto I have preferred the Ause of scissors for cutting up, say, the coated or compound silk, or'other fabric, (I, into diamonds, stars, or4 other devices, to form the base of the design, and the coated velvet into strips, l), to form either borders to these devices, or to gire lines of continuity to the pattern.

'Io effect the attaclnnent of the trimming to Ithe fabric or garment A, to be ornamented, I have, in general, used heated fiat-irons, which have been found very suitable for the purpose. .f

I propose to use different characters and colors of materials to form ornaments. Thus, silk, satin, velvet, and shorn and unshorn woollcn cloth maybe used singly for plain ornaments, or in combination, to produce ornaments of a .more complex character, which,

when applied, will adhere firmly, and will impart no displeasing rigidity to the fabric or. garment to which they may be applied. g l

I may here remark, that trimmings, produced accoi-dingA `to my invention, will be very suitable for forming borders -t0 woollen petticoats, also to silk and woollen dresses, and for theatrical costumes and emblazonments,the invention will have a wide application. v 1

Having now explained the nature of my invention,

and the manner of carrying the same into effect, I The above specicaton of. my invention signed by wish it to be understood that me., this 4th day of J auuary, 1869.

1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Witnesses: JOHN SIMS. Patent- FRED. VVALKDEN;

The process above described for attaching trim- 66 Chancery Lane, London. mngs to dresses or other garment-s, by a combination M. WYNN,

of the three steps specified. 24 Royal Exchange, London. 

